Poet and writer (b. 14 June
1945, Siverek / Şanlıurfa - 26 February 2020, Ankara). After attending Erzincan Military School for a
while, he graduated from Diyarbakır Ziya Gökalp High School. He graduated from
Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Department of
Persian. He worked as a civil servant and as cameraman for the Turkish Radio
and Television Corporation where he also prepared documentaries. He retired in
1997.
His first poem was published in the review Türk Yurdu, his other poems, short stories and translations have been published in
the reviews Edebiyat, Gelişme,
Mavera, Seyir (Van), Yönelişler, Ay
Vakti, Yedi İklim and Hece, his study articles have been published in
the review Hece and in the annuals of the Writers Union of
Turkey. He developed a style of observing contemporary life and searching for
the position of people in that life with a technique similar to Folk and Divan*
poetry. He wrote few but skillful poems. He is a member of the Writers Union of
Turkey.
WORKS
(Poetry):
Yeni Bir Sevda Süleymanı (Süleyman of a New Love, 1981), Bir Başkasının Kitabı (Book of Someone Else, 1996).
REFERENCE: İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007), S. Ahmet Kaya / Urfa Şairleri (1998), Osman Özbahçe / Net Şiir (Hece, Şubat 1998) - Dergilerde Şiir (Kökler, Ekim 2003), TBE Ansiklopedisi 2 (2001), TDOE-TDE Ansiklopedisi 5 (2004), Fikri Özçelikçi / Şâir Mehmet Râgıp Karcı İle Mülâkat (dünyabizim.com, 14.06.2011), Mehmet Aycı / Mehmet Ragıp Karcı bir eski zaman efendisi (dunyabizim.com, 12.10.2012), Şair Mehmet Ragıp Karcı ile Özel Röportajımız (siverekgenclik.com, 28 Nisan 2016), Siverekli Yönetmenden Kitap Bağışı (sanliurfa63.com, 17 Ekim 2017), Ragıp Karcı (Aksiyon dergisi, Sayı: 454; kameraarkasi.org, erişim 13.06.2018), Eski yönetim kurulu üyelerimizden şair, yazar Mehmet Ragıp Karcı’yı kaybettik (tyb.org.tr, 26.02.2020), Mehmet Atilla Maraş / Şair Mehmet Ragıp Karcı’nın Ardından (ankaraekspresi.com, 10.03.2020).
